ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS AND APPLICATIONS OF ELECTROSPUN FIBERS

An electric field is used to create a charged jet of polymer solution. As this jet travels in air, the solvent evaporates leaving behind a c harged fiber that can be electrically deflected or collected on a meta l screen. Fibers with a variety of cross sectional shapes and sizes we re produced from different polymers. The diameter of these fibers was in the range of 0.05 to 5 microns. This paper describes the electrospi nning process, the processing conditions, fiber morphology, and some p ossible uses of electrospun fibers.